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Unable to release classic snap to beta channel

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Metadata

Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1655634
Type
issue
State
open
Author
~stub
Labels
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Updated
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Current evaluation

snapcraft release prints only 'Package is not ready to be published' with no reason, blocking the user from releasing a classic snap to beta. No labels, no comments, no maintainer response; inactive for ~6 years.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is 3519 days old with 0 comments, no labels, and no maintainer interaction, and the reporter never followed up after the initial report. The only related work found is a 9-year-old Launchpad bug (1655637) about a different generic error ('problem analyzing the snap'), so no fix or duplicate is evident. I could not verify current code behavior (tooling failed to pin the repo), so the reporter should be asked to confirm it still reproduces on a current snapcraft release before any further work.

Impact: 35 Quick Win: 21.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 55 Support Request: 15

Issue body

Snap release is unhelpful: $ snapcraft release wal-e 1 beta Package is not ready to be published. The bug is that 'snapcraft release' is not telling me *why* the package is not ready to be published. I am left blocked, with no hint on how to proceed.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 35
Quick Win: 21.0
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 40
Confidence: 55
Support Request: 15
close stale snapcraft release prints only 'Package is not ready to be published' with no reason, blocking the user from releasing a classic snap to beta. No labels, no comments, no maintainer response; inactive for ~6 years.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Report that snapcraft release command fails with an unhelpful error message lacking details on why a package isn't ready for publishing. No maintainer response or activity in over 6 years.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 20
close stale snapcraft release fails with an unhelpful error message when publishing a classic snap, providing no details on why the package isn't ready. Issue is over 9 years old with no maintainer response or comments.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Reports unclear error message when releasing a classic snap to beta. No maintainer response, no labels, inactive for years.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 15
close stale snapcraft release fails with a vague error when publishing classic snaps to beta, providing no diagnostic details. Issue is stalled, unassigned, and needs triage to improve error messaging.

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Related work

  • Related To: snapcraft (launchpad)#1655637 (confidence 50%)

    Same command area (classic snap release to beta) but a different generic error message ('problem analyzing the snap' vs 'not ready to be published'); both are old, unaddressed, and lack repro details.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#1655637 Unable to push and release classic snap, 'problem analyzing the snap' snapcraft (launchpad) open Snapcraft push of a classic snap to the beta channel fails with a generic store-side 'problem analyzing the snap' error. Open ~9.6 years with zero comments, no reproduction details, and no maintainer response.
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